The Middle Fringe

Radical moderate. Educator, small business owner. Mets, Jets, Islanders. Grateful Dead, Phish.

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@Michael37164203 @EDIGuy01 The most recent election results prove me correct. Trump Devotion Syndrome is real. And you still have it.

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@cindyhydesmith @Pete2Shawn This video is cringe and there’s no way possible you won Mississippi without cheating.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow Well. Your wrong. The constitution is clear:

Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow Take the compact out of it, would a state legislature be allowed to allocate their electors for people who pledge to vote for the winner of the popular vote?

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@heather503 @FoxNews Who would have thought Trump would make America great again.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow The constitution (verbatim):

Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow Yes, they can. The constitution literally says they can. You might not like it, but that’s what the constitution says.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow But they can, constitutionally.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow So if the state legislature just appointed electors without voter input, would they be disenfranchised?

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow No voter is disenfranchised. 🤣🤦‍♂️

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow Yes, the states are sovereign to appoint their electors however they see fit. That’s my point. Thank you.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow No, the southern state posted because of the slave voting issue. A national popular vote was never a real reality for a multitude of reasons.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow Yes. And one reason southern states didn’t want a national popular vote was because slaves couldn’t vote. Not to mention there were no universal standards for voting, if one state had strict voting standards, they would be sacrificing their leverage in a presidential election.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow 🤦‍♂️ The 3/5 compromise was to determine representation. A popular vote for the president would’ve circumvented the 3/5 compromise whereas the electoral college would have accounted for those slaves to count as 3/5 of a person. Maybe pick up a book on the topic.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow Plus they didn’t trust the people.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow The South would never accept it because non-voting enslaved populations would give Northern states an electoral advantage in a nationwide tally.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow ^the state legislatures passed laws that allow for the voters to choose electors.

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@SBuda_gent @StvnAd @marklevinshow Yes, because very quickly political parties formed, and people began running for president. That’s my point. I’m literally debating a person who has no sense of history or the constitution.